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 PUBLIC LAW 108–106—NOV. 6, 2003

117 STAT. 1215

SEC. 1109. In addition to amounts made available elsewhere in this Act, there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense $313,000,000, to be used only for recovery and repair of damage due to natural disasters including Hurricane Isabel, to be distributed as follows: ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $47,100,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $87,600,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, $6,700,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $169,300,000; and ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, $2,300,000. SEC. 1110. During the current fiscal year, from funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance, not to exceed $180,000,000 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to fund the Commander’s Emergency Response Program, established by the Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority for the purpose of enabling military commanders in Iraq to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements within their areas of responsibility by carrying out programs that will immediately assist the Iraqi people, and to establish and fund a similar program to assist the people of Afghanistan: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports, beginning on January 15, 2004, to the congressional defense committees regarding the source of funds and the allocation and use of funds made available pursuant to the authority provided in this section. SEC. 1111. Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing an Analysis of Alternatives for replacing the capabilities of the existing Air Force fleet of KC–135 tanker aircraft.

Reports.

Deadline. Reports.

ENHANCEMENTS TO EXEMPTION FOR MEMBERS WITH COMBAT-RELATED INJURIES FROM REQUIREMENT FOR PAYMENT OF SUBSISTENCE CHARGES WHILE HOSPITALIZED

SEC. 1112. (a) EXEMPTION MADE PERMANENT.—Subsection (c) of section 1075 of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 8146(a)(2) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–87)), is repealed. (b) RETROACTIVITY.—Subsection (b) of section 8146 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108– 87), is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) Subsection (b)(2) of section 1075 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to any period of hospitalization on or after September 11, 2001, because of an injury covered by that subsection that is incurred on or after that date. ‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned (as defined in section 101 of title 37, United States Code) shall take such action as necessary to implement paragraph (1), including— ‘‘(A) refunding any amount previously paid under section 1075 of title 10, United States Code, by a person who, by reason of paragraph (1), is not required to make such payment; and ‘‘(B) waiving recovery of any unpaid amount for which a person has previously been charged under that section and which that person, by reason of paragraph (1), is not required to pay.’’.

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